The Wii U was 'disappointing to everybody', including Nintendo, claim's GameStop CEO

RUBBISH: The GameStop CEO wasn't very flattering with his summery of the Nintendo Wii U console

The Wii U console was "disappointing to everybody", including Nintendo.

That's the opinion of GameStop's CEO Paul Raines who was talking to [a]listdaily.

Nintendo's strange tablet like console launched around the world in November 2012 but unfortunately failed to live up to the massive success of the Wii.

Sales of the Wii U currently sit at 12.8m units, which is a measly 10th of the 101m Wii products sold.

Many also believe that the Wii U could cease production by March 2018, precisely one year afte Nintendo launch their new NX machine in March 2017.

Despite the disappointment of the Wii U, Raines told [a]listdaily that he wasn't prepared to write off the company completely because of their many strengths:

"They made some bold bets, and maybe some of them didn't work out.

"But they have a lot of creativity there. They're a very innovative group of people, so we never count out Nintendo.

"Even now it's incredible how strong some of their IP is—Pokémon, for example.

We could have a Pokémon weekend this weekend at GameStop and we would break sales records just because every time they put out a new game they have a very loyal fan base. Super Mario, Zelda, all those IPs have a huge, loyal fan base."

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Raines also touched on the current excitement surrounding Nintendo's new NX console, saying:

"Lately we've been hearing a lot more buzz than we have in the past.

"Nintendo is interesting in that they really are able to keep things as quiet as they can for a while.

"And then they just lost their leader, so they’ve gone through a mourning period and so forth.

"NX sounds exciting. We’re looking forward to it. They’re very innovative in everything that they do.

"I hope that they come out with something exciting and innovative. I think we’ll be dominant distributor of that platform."